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Venture Capital

Stripe-Backed Payments Firm Raises $100 Million to Compete Against Stablecoins

David PanOct 1, 2019

Rapyd raised $100 million in a Series C funding round to face off against the arrival of stablecoins.

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Payment Processor Stripe to End Support for Bitcoin

Nikhilesh DeJan 23, 2018

Payments processor Stripe announced it would end support for bitcoin in April, citing rising transaction costs and times as two reasons for the move.

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US Lawmakers Call on Payment Giants to Exit ‘Chilling’ Libra Project

William FoxleyOct 9, 2019

Senators Brian Schatz and Sherrod Brown have called on Visa, Stripe, and MasterCard to reconsider their membership of the Libra Association.

Stripe

Payment Processor Stripe Goes Live With Bitcoin Integration

Stan HigginsFeb 19, 2015

San Francisco-based payments company Stripe has officially launched its bitcoin payments integration following months of beta testing.

Jed McCaleb

‘Bad Blood’ Between Ripple and Stellar Aired in Tell-All Report

Pete RizzoFeb 5, 2015

The New York Observer has published an article examining the turbulent history of decentralized payment startups Ripple Labs and Stellar.

Coinbase

Stripe Updates Bitcoin Payments Advice, Will Go Live in January

Jon Southurst

Online payment solutions company Stripe's bitcoin service will come out of beta in January, the company has advised.

Inflation

Stripe: Bitcoin Has Future in Global Payments if Issues Solved

Daniel Cawrey

The payments processor examined bitcoin and weighed its potential impact on the world's payment network.

Education

Bitfin Day Two: We Need More Global, Organised Bitcoin Education

Emily Spaven

The Dublin conference closed with talks on furthering bitcoin evolution by innovating the education and banking systems.

Payments

Stripe CTO: Bitcoin Could Unify the World’s Financial Systems

Daniel Palmer

Greg Brockman told CoinDesk that rather than replacing the existing financial infrastructure, cryptocurrencies hold promise as a unifying technology.

Payments

‘Stripe’ Lead Engineer: Bitcoin is a Long-Term Investment

Pete Rizzo

Stripe lead engineer Christian Anderson provides an inside look at the online payments company's bitcoin plans.

Payments

Online Payments Provider ‘Stripe’ Now Testing Bitcoin Support

Pete Rizzo

Stripe is now testing bitcoin payment support with one merchant, but has opened enrollment to more.